Wednesday, December 29, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Age • Jenna Price • December 29, 2021 • theage.com.au
Under cover of Christmas, Education Minister Stuart Robert overruled the experts
Once again, universities have suffered at the hands of political interference.
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Australian Financial Review • Geoff Kitney • December 28, 2021 • afr.com
It’s time for Scott Morrison to govern, except he never will
Politics for Morrison’s Coalition is about scheming to stay in power, while Australia starts regressing into its old insular ways.
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Mike Carlton@MikeCarlton01
Penetrating, passionate piece by former Press Gallery great Geoff Kitney @4mambo on the folly, fraud and failure of the Morrison rabble. afr.com/politics/feder…
December 28, 2021
The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • December 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Doctors reveal they warned Australia’s governments to secure rapid antigen tests
Some states accuse commonwealth of not ‘stepping up’ to procure supplies as the country records more than 18,000 daily Covid cases
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The Guardian • Daniel Hurst • December 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
‘Do you accept the science?’ Talking points show how Angus Taylor prepared for IPCC report’s release
Briefing document, obtained under FOI laws, outlines Australian government’s suggested responses to anticipated lines of attack over climate report
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun, Paul Sakkal, Mary Ward • December 28, 2021 • smh.com.au
States fight for rapid antigen test supplies as federal government sits back
Victoria and NSW have placed large orders for the home testing kits as local pathology labs strain under PCR testing pressure.
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Craig Emerson@DrCraigEmerson
Oh for goodness sake. The Federal Government says it is not responsible for procuring rapid antigen tests. Just as it wasn’t responsible for procuring vaccines or for establishing quarantine facilities. What’s the point of this government? smh.com.au/politics/feder…
December 28, 2021
The Guardian • Guardian staff reporter • December 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
The Covid supplement lifted me out of poverty. Then it was cut and my life went back to the way it was | Melissa Fisher
When the Australian government raised payments, life didn’t feel like such a struggle and I started to become more hopeful
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melissa@ArtistAffame
So guys here it is. My published story in the guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
December 29, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Michael Koziol • December 29, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Her views no longer aligned’: Anglicans defend sacking of gay teacher
The Sydney Anglican Diocese said Steph Lentz was dismissed because she believed Christians should be able to enter same-sex relationships.
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ABC News • Steve Cannane • December 29, 2021 • abc.net.au
These judges sent murderers to prison. When they were freed by the Taliban, the killers were hell-bent on revenge
After the Taliban emptied Afghanistan's prisons, more than 250 judges suddenly found themselves in mortal danger. As the people they put behind bars began enacting their revenge, a daring escape plan was formed.
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The Guardian • Luke Henriques-Gomes • December 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Tribunal overturns NDIA’s refusal to fund assistance dog for autistic boy
Ruling comes more than two years after family requested support from agency for their son who suffers from severe anxiety
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ABC Radio • December 29, 2021 • abc.net.au
Pandemic is now 'endemic' on Australia's east coast
Professor of infectious diseases Peter Collignon says Australia has reached a significant turning point with the pandemic becoming "endemic" on the east coast.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Ross Gittins • December 29, 2021 • smh.com.au
Prep for the new year: What I’ve learnt about happiness
People who keep asking themselves “what can I do to make myself happy?” aren’t happy – and probably never will be.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Tony Blakely • December 29, 2021 • smh.com.au
Passing 10,000 Omicron cases in a day is a warning to hit the brakes
But once we stop the rapid growth in COVID, there may be merit in allowing moderate to high case numbers of Omicron to continue.
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The Australian • JOE KELLY • December 28, 2021 • theaustralian.com.au
Defence ticks Chinese lease of Darwin Port
A Defence review has found there are no national security grounds sufficient to recommend a government intervention to overturn the controversial 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin to Chinese company Landbridge.
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SBS • Anna Henderson (@annajhenderson), VicGovDH (@VicGovDH) • December 21, 2021 • sbs.com.au
Scott Morrison urges 'personal responsibility' instead of mask mandates and lockdown
Australia must embrace a "culture of responsibility" that places the onus on individuals to take protective actions against COVID-19 rather than a "culture of control and mandates" by government, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.
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Richard Denniss@RDNS_TAI
It’s possible Scott Morrison urging people to take ‘personal responsibility’ for #covid19 might haunt him as much as ‘i don’t hold a hose’ & ‘it’s not a race’. Providing glib responses to crises instead of solutions has become a hallmark #auspol #domicron sbs.com.au/news/scott-mor…
December 29, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • Rachel Clun, Fergus Hunter • December 29, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘Gear change’: Close contact definition changes and more rapid antigen tests amid Omicron surge
The Prime Minister said it was important to adjust Australia’s approach to the pandemic as more than 18,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the country on Wednesday.
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The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani, Donna Lu, Cait Kelly, Royce Kurmelovs, Peter Hannam, Josh Nicholas, Elias Visontay • December 29, 2021 • theguardian.com
Test positivity rates soar as nation records record high daily cases – as it happened
This blog is now closed
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Kevin Rudd@MrKRudd
A recurring nightmare. Morrison failed to order enough vaccines, then boosters, and now the rapid antigen tests he has pushed for. Next step: blame the Labor Premiers. FFS. Just do your job for once Scotty. 
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December 29, 2021
Australian Financial Review • Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson • December 29, 2021 • afr.com
Real-life succession: Rupert’s daughter-in-law Kathryn gets political
Having sold out of the company, if not the family, Kathryn and James Murdoch are using the proceeds to try to reinvigorate America’s struggling democracy.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Richard Glover • December 29, 2021 • smh.com.au
Why I’ve resolved not to make a New Year’s resolution this year
The last thing we need is to spend the next three months in a doomed enterprise of self-improvement, Richard Glover writes.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Daniel Brettig • December 28, 2021 • smh.com.au
England’s Test team have been run into the ground
The England and Wales Cricket Board must consider recalibration as talented players in the current system have scant interest and insufficient incentive for the hard graft of Test cricket.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Sarah McPhee • December 29, 2021 • smh.com.au
‘More disease than the numbers reflect’: NSW records 11,201 new COVID-19 cases
NSW Health is taking steps to limit COVID-19 testing that is not clinically urgent, as the Chief Health Officer concluded they “probably aren’t ... getting to all the cases”.
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